openai_tts

OpenAI TTS Custom Component for Home Assistant

This custom component integrates OpenAI's Text-to-Speech (TTS) service with Home Assistant, allowing users to convert text into spoken audio. The service supports various languages and voices, offering customizable options such as voice model.

Description

The OpenAI TTS component for Home Assistant makes it possible to use the OpenAI API to generate spoken audio from text. This can be used in automations, assistants, scripts, or any other component that supports TTS within Home Assistant. You need an openAI API key.

Features

Text-to-Speech conversion using OpenAI's API
Support for multiple languages and voices
Customizable speech model (check https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/text-to-speech for supported voices and models)
Integration with Home Assistant's assistant, automations and scripts

Sample

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeeypI_X0qs

Sample Home Assistant service

service: tts.speak
target:
  entity_id: tts.openai_nova_engine
data:
  cache: true
  media_player_entity_id: media_player.bedroom_speaker
  message: My speech has improved now!

Installation Instructions

Ensure you have a custom_components folder within your Home Assistant configuration directory.
Inside the custom_components folder, create a new folder named openai_tts.
Place the repo files inside openai_tts folder.
Restart Home Assistant
Add the integration via UI, provide API key and select required model and voice. Multiple instances may be configured.